Libraries want to open on Fridays

11:26 AM,
Mar. 29, 2013

Library Director Kent Oliver

Written by

Michael Cass
| The Tennessean

The Nashville Public Library hopes to reopen its main library on Mondays and the branch libraries on Fridays, officials told Mayor Karl Dean during a budget hearing Thursday.

While the changes would cost more than $1.5 million - primarily to fund 45 new jobs - Dean sounded receptive to the idea, telling his finance chief that it would be "high on my list" of budget priorities in an otherwise tight year.

The library system cut back its days during the economic downturn. The main library at 615 Church St. has been closed on Mondays since July 2009. The branch libraries have been closed on Fridays ...